This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Nervous System – Quiz 87 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 87 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An infection in the brain causes problems with which system? A) Skeletal. B) Muscular. C) Nervous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nervous. 2. Which division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for the fight-or-flight response? A) Sympathetic division. B) Afferent division. C) Somatic division. D) Parasympathetic division. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic division. 3. How many main parts does the ear have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 4. Which division of the nervous system is responsible for the rest & digest response? A) Sympathetic. B) Parasympathetic. C) They will bring it out. D) Afferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic. 5. ..... is the part of the brain that controls muscle movement. A) Cerebrum. B) Medulla. C) Cerebellum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum. 6. Cells of the nervous system are called neurons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Caused by refractive error A) Myopia. B) Hyperopia. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 8. What type of Neuron takes messages TO the central nervous system A) Motor. B) Sensory. C) Relay. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory. 9. Which part controls our voluntary movements? A) Cerebrum. B) Cerebellum. C) Spinal cord. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum. 10. Many-layered covering composed of lipids and protien A) Myelin sheath. B) Conclusion. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Axon hillock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath. 11. Color of groups of neuron cell bodies and their dendrites A) Red matter. B) Gray matter. C) Yellow matter. D) White matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gray matter. 12. Which type of sensory receptor responds to sudden changes in temperature? A) Mechanoreceptors. B) Chemoreceptors. C) Photoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermoreceptors. 13. Do support cells in the CNS lose the ability to divide? A) No, they never lose the ability to divide. B) Yes, they never had the ability to divide. C) Yes, they lose the ability as they mature. D) No, they lose the ability only under extreme conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, they never lose the ability to divide. 14. What is the transparent front part of the eye which covers the eye? A) Conjunctiva. B) Eyelashes. C) Cornea. D) Eyebrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cornea. 15. Outermost membrane around myelin sheath A) Axon. B) Neurofibril. C) Neurilemma. D) Schwann cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurilemma. 16. What hormone is responsible for regulating the body's sleep-wake cycle? A) Thyroxine. B) Insulin. C) Growth hormone. D) Melatonin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melatonin. 17. How many nerves are in your body to send messages to brain and back? A) Millions. B) Billions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Billions. 18. The layer of the eye that transports blood is A) The sclera. B) The retina. C) The fibrous tunic. D) The choroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The choroid. 19. The relay between the brainstem and the higher parts of the brain is the A) Cerebellum. B) Medulla oblongata. C) Midbrain. D) Pons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pons. 20. Medulla is a stick like structure. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. They are located within the myelin sheath and produce myelin A) Gaps. B) Schwann cells. C) Nodes of Ranvier. D) Synapses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann cells. 22. What part of the neuron is part 6? A) Axon. B) Dendrite. C) Nucleus. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 23. What is the reversal of the nerve impulse when an impulse is passed? A) Threshold. B) Action potential. C) Resting potential. D) Stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action potential. 24. It prepares the body for "fight-or-flight" responses. A) Parasympathetic Nervous System. B) Central Nervous System. C) Sympathetic Nervous System. D) Autonomic Nervous System. E) Somatic Nervous System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic Nervous System. 25. The sympathetic nerves increases the heartbeat. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. The cerebrum is divided into ..... A) Lobes. B) Sections. C) Chunks. D) Parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lobes. 27. The cell body of all sensory neurons is located within the A) Brain. B) Spinal cord. C) Dorsal gray horn. D) Dorsal root ganglion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dorsal root ganglion. 28. Lou Gehrig's disease or the ALS is a degeneration of ..... A) Motor neurons. B) Sensory neurons. C) Chemoreceptors. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motor neurons. 29. Air that we exhale? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon Dioxide. 30. Types of our muscle which composed a heart? A) Stright. B) Smooth. C) Skeletal. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cardiac. 31. The fissure in the brain that separates the two cerebral hemispheres is called the ....., A) Tent of the cerebellum. B) Longitudinal fissure. C) Transverse fissure. D) Sagittal fissure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitudinal fissure. 32. Where are unipolar nerves found? A) Sensory neurons in the PNS. B) Nose, retina of the eye. C) Motor neurons, interneurons. D) In the brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurons in the PNS. 33. The nerves that carry message from the brain or the spinal cord to the various parts of the body like eyes ears nose tongue skin A) Sensory nerves. B) Motor nerves. C) Network of nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motor nerves. 34. What is the function Sensory (afferent) neurons A) Carries impulses from the peripheral body parts to the CNS. B) Lie within the CNS and form links with other nuersons. C) Carry impulses from the CNS to the peripheral body parts. D) Transmit motor information to the central nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carries impulses from the peripheral body parts to the CNS. 35. The nervous system uses both chemical and electrical ..... to send messages along nerves. A) Impulses. B) Dendrites. C) Axon. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impulses. 36. A nerve cell that is specialized for transmitting messages is a A) Neuron. B) Axon. C) Spinal cord. D) Medulla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuron. 37. What part of the skeletal system protects the brain? A) Cranium. B) Vertebral column. C) Cerebellum. D) Dendrites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 38. The spinal cord is protected by what? A) Spinal Cord. B) Nerves. C) Brain. D) Vertebral Column. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebral Column. 39. Which of the following represents the sequence that muscle action potentials must go through to excite a muscle cell? A) Sarcolemma, axon of neuron, T tubules. B) T tubules, sarcolemma, myofilament. C) Axon of neuron, sarcolemma, T tubules. D) Muscle fiber, axon of neuron, mitochondria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axon of neuron, sarcolemma, T tubules. 40. Cerebrum connects the ear to the brainTrue or false A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 41. NOT a primary taste sensation A) Bitter. B) Salty. C) Peppery. D) Sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peppery. 42. The sense of hearing detects ..... stimuli. A) Mechanical. B) Electromagnetic. C) Chemical. D) Thermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanical. 43. What is the insulating membrane (covering) that surrounds parts of the axon that helps to protect & propagate action potential to avoid loss of signal and increase transmission speed? A) Axon. B) Myelin Sheath. C) Dendrites. D) Node of Ranvier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myelin Sheath. 44. What controls your breathing? A) Pons. B) Cerebellum. C) Cerebral cortex. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pons. 45. How do you stay healthy? Take care of your bones and ..... A) Muscles. B) Water. C) Exercise. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscles. 46. The malleus, incus, and stapes are collectively called the A) Semicircular canals. B) Auditory ossicles. C) Vestibulocochlear nerves. D) Spots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auditory ossicles. 47. The 3 parts of the brain are A) Cerebrum, brain and brain stem. B) Cerebellum, sensory and motor nerves. C) Cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem. 48. Which of these receptors is NOT located in the dermis or epidermis of the skin? A) Nocireceptors. B) Proprioceptors. C) Mechanoreceptors. D) Thermoreceptors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proprioceptors. 49. Which is the sense organ of touch? A) Eyes. B) Mouth. C) Nose. D) Ears. E) Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Skin. 50. What is the functional unit of the nervous system? A) Conclusion. B) Cell body. C) Neuron. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuron. 51. What type of tissue functions to move the bones? A) Muscle tissue. B) Heart tissue. C) Cardiac tissue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscle tissue. 52. Which glial cell is responsible for creating the myelin sheath? A) Schwann cells. B) Soma cells. C) Satellite cells. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schwann cells. 53. Your stomach digesting food is an example of what kind of movement? A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 54. Which type of perception is only found in a few animals? What type of perception is found only in a few animals? A) Thermoreception. B) Chemoreception. C) Electroreception. D) Mechanoreception. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electroreception. 55. What is internal stimulus due to? A) The environment. B) Space. C) I don't know. D) Within the organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Within the organism. 56. These cells have the same function as oligodendrocytes, but are packed within the myelin. A) Dendrites. B) Schwann Cells. C) Astrocytes. D) Microglia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schwann Cells. 57. What part of the brain stem main functions are involuntary? (i.e. breathing, hear rate, digestion, coughing, sneezing, and vomiting) A) Pons. B) Spinal cord elongated. C) Midbrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord elongated. 58. What part of the body makes up the Peripheral Nervous System? A) Brain, Spine, Nerves. B) Nerves. C) Brain, Spine. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nerves. 59. Which of the following are functions of the medulla oblongata? A) Controls breathing and relays motor signals to cerebellum. B) Controls heart beat and reflexes such as coughing, sneezing, etc. C) Coordinates complex motor activities. D) Helps control breathing and eye scanning reflexes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controls heart beat and reflexes such as coughing, sneezing, etc. 60. Glial cell type in the PNS that provides the myelin insulation for axons in nerves. A) Unipolar. B) Brain. C) Nerve. D) Schwann Cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schwann Cell. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesNervous System Quiz 1Nervous System Quiz 2Nervous System Quiz 3Nervous System Quiz 4Nervous System Quiz 5Nervous System Quiz 6Nervous System Quiz 7Nervous System Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books